A collaboration between the Pericàs group with Prof. Timothy Noël and Dr. Paola Riente at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands), has crystallised in a Nature Communications paper where they provide key insight into the chemical nature of the true photocatalyst involved in the Bi2O3-driven atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) reaction. Back in 2014, […]

Paulina Pršlja, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Núria López (ICIQ), has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Theoretical Studies of Single-Site Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction” (assigned to the Department of the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 28th.   The members of the evaluation committee […]

Edvin Fako, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Núria López (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Speciation and activity of carbon based single atom heterogeneous catalysts for advanced synthetic processes” (assigned to the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 21st.   The members of the […]

Joan Guillem Mayans, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Echavarren (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “From Gold-Catalyzed Asymmetric or Photoredox-Assisted Cyclizations to Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H alkynylations” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 21st.   The members of the evaluation committee were […]

Raúl Martín, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ), has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Functionalization of Strong Sigma Bonds by Nickel and Tungsten Catalysis” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 15th.   The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. […]

Nataliia Vereshchuk, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antoni Llobet (ICIQ), has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Rational design of the molecular Ru-based Water Oxidation Catalysts” (assigned to the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on January 14th.   The members of the evaluation committee were: Dr. […]

Busy start of the year for ICIQ group leaders. Prof. Arjan Kleij and Prof. Núria López have joined the International Advisory Board of the journal ChemCatChem. As members of the board, they will support the journal by suggesting topics for special collections, serve as guest editors, recommend researchers as reviewers in their area of expertise, […]